Films

In “The Gruesome Twosome”, before the arrival of the counterculture movement, young people indulge in leisure activities in dorm rooms, car races, at the beach, and in drive-ins. Some eventually fall victim to a wig shop, where the owner and her son await them to collect their scalps. Between graphic vio lence and dark humor — Herschell Gordon Lewis’s trademark recipe — the owner is portrayed as a kind old lady, concerned with the growth of her business and torn between the love for her son and for a por celain cat.